Profile
Mr. Chris Yao, CFA MBA, is a Senior Research Analyst at Mellon Investments Corp.
He is responsible for the oversight of the firm’s quantitative equity research for the multi-factor and quantitative stock selection strategies in both developed and emerging equity markets.
He is also a portfolio manager for several multi-factor, international and emerging market equity strategies.
He works closely with the firm’s fundamental research and portfolio management teams to harness in-house and external data intelligence, provide data and investment tools and analytics, advise on portfolio optimization and construction.
He also develops proprietary models that blend fundamental insights with quantitative techniques.
He has over 24 years of industry experience and 15 years with the firm.
Before joining the firm, he was a quantitative researcher at Starmine, now part of Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters).
Prior to that, he was a risk analyst at HSBC North America and a senior corporate finance analyst at Shanghai Pudong Development Bank in China.
He is a member of CFA Institute.
He received a BS in International Business from Shanghai University, China and an MBA in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Former positions of Chris Yao
| Companies | Position | End |
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Mellon Investments Corp.
 Mellon Investments Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Mellon Investments Corp. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1983, the firm is a subsidiary of MBC Investments Corp., ultimately held by the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY Mellon Corp.) (NYSE: BK). In 2018, two other indirect subsidiaries of BNY Mellon Corp., the Boston Company Asset Management LLC (TBCAM) and Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC, merged into Mellon Capital Management Corp. and the firm was renamed BNY Mellon Asset Management North America Corp. In 2019, BNY Mellon Asset Management North America Corp. was renamed Mellon Investments Corp. Mellon Investments provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advice to both individual and institutional clients. | Director of Research - Equity | 2021-08-31 |
StarMine Corp.
 StarMine Corp. Investment ManagersFinance StarMine Corp. developed web based analytics and equity research management tools for investment firms and investment banks. The firm provided equity data and research service for portfolio managers and analysts were access to the financial statements of various companies. The company was founded in 1998 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Analyst-Equity | 2005-12-31 |
Training of Chris Yao
| Shanghai University | Undergraduate Degree |
| University of Illinois | Masters Business Admin |
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Mellon Investments Corp.
Mellon Investments Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Mellon Investments Corp. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1983, the firm is a subsidiary of MBC Investments Corp., ultimately held by the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY Mellon Corp.) (NYSE: BK). In 2018, two other indirect subsidiaries of BNY Mellon Corp., the Boston Company Asset Management LLC (TBCAM) and Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC, merged into Mellon Capital Management Corp. and the firm was renamed BNY Mellon Asset Management North America Corp. In 2019, BNY Mellon Asset Management North America Corp. was renamed Mellon Investments Corp. Mellon Investments provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advice to both individual and institutional clients. | Finance |
StarMine Corp.
StarMine Corp. Investment ManagersFinance StarMine Corp. developed web based analytics and equity research management tools for investment firms and investment banks. The firm provided equity data and research service for portfolio managers and analysts were access to the financial statements of various companies. The company was founded in 1998 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Finance |
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